Telenovelas and Humor: Breaking the "Pretty Woman" Prejudice
If you follow Brazilian entertainment, two words together recently caused a seismic shift on social media and in the gossip columns: Claudia Raia nua .
She maintained relevance through diverse roles in Rainha da Sucata , Torre de Babel , and as a producer.
As the decades progressed, the discourse around "Claudia Raia nua" shifted from the voyeurism of the 1980s and 90s to a contemporary conversation about aging and bodily autonomy.
She joined the #EleNão movement and performed a nude scene in the play Tudo por um Popstar while pregnant. She told the press: "Nudity is the opposite of obscenity. Obscenity is hunger. Obscenity is prejudice. My body is a landscape of Brazil: diverse, sun-kissed, and unapologetic."
Raia breaks every rule. She has stretch marks from her pregnancy. Her breasts are natural and sag slightly—she refuses a lift. She has cellulite. And she shows it all. In a country that leads the world in plastic surgery per capita, Claudia Raia is a radical naturalist.